Resilient Iranians Still Dream Of A New Revolution

The new generation: Supporters of the Iranian opposition demonstrating against the regime at Tehran University earlier this week. Analysts have compared their dissent to that of their parents against the shah. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

From The Guardian:

'Stolen' election fuels dissent amid fears of new flashpoint at Shia festival.

Tehran University students have been filing into their classes past giant posters of Ayatollah Khomeini and the stern slogans of the Islamic revolution for the last 30 years. But the angry scenes on the university's sprawling campus this week seemed like a throwback to another age.

"Marg bar diktatur" (Death to dictatorship), they chanted in their thousands, waving green banners and posters behind high canvas screens tied to the railings as basij miltiamen and revolutionary guards prowled the streets outside.

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My Comment: People (worldwide) yearn for freedom and a say in their government .... the Iranians are no different than anyone else.

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